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Grace Irene Squires Foreman was my great grandmother. She was the youngest of six children. She had two sisters Frances Charlotte Squires Allen and Mary Ivadine Squires, who never married, and three brothers , Harvey Squires, Clarence Squires and Jesse Squires who was the next to last child of Edwin and Mary Salina Kenyon Squires.

Grace Irene Squires Foreman

Brothers Harvey Squires, Clarence Squires and Jesse Squires

Jesse, the “next to last” child never married. Harvey and Clarence were widowers and the three brothers lived together in a house in Colorado Springs. I remember visiting them, we would sit out on the porch and drink lemonade and eat sugar cookies. They made the best sugar cookies.

Depending on what data base is used there are two different records for Grace Foreman’s death. Her grave headstone says 1932 but the Colorado state issued death certificate says 1933.

I remember my grandmother telling me that she was unable to attend her mothers funeral because she had just had a baby the week before. The baby was her “next to last” child Shirley Ruth Hancock Hedenskog, born March 6, 1933.

Then a couple of weeks ago, my cousin Kenneth who is the “next to last” child of Robert and Charlotte Hancock Lucero sent a picture to me and asked if I had any idea what the name badge in this picture represented.

Well, it just so happens that the obituary for Grace Irene Foreman from the Elbert newspaper indicated that Grace was a member of the Rebekah’s and when Grace died a special service prior to the church service was held to honor Grace Foreman as a contributing and active member of the Rebekah organization.

This badge was for the October 17 – 19, 1932 Grand Lodge, Rebekah Assembly, Grand Encampment in Loveland, Colorado. So this is additional proof she did not die in March of 1932, but rather March of 1933.

Cause of death was from a paralytic ilieus or abdominal blockage as a result of surgery for fibroid tumors in her uterus. She was hospitalized from February 21 to March 12 at Presbyterian Hospital in Denver, where she died.

Continuing with the Seventh Generation from Pilgrim George Soule is Adelia C. West Kenyon. Adelia was born 23 Jan 1814 in Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York, the first child of Joseph West and Mary Ann Brock. Adelia married Thomas Armsbury Kenyon who was born 13 April 1813 in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, New York. Thomas Kenyon was the son of Potter Kenyon and Martha Armsbury.

Thomas and Adelia Kenyon moved to Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin about 1850. Thomas died 01 December 1859 in Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin.

Children of Thomas Kenyon and Adelia C. West Kenyon:

1. Mary Salina Kenyon b. 07 February 1840 in Petersburg, Renesselaer County, New York

Adelia C. West Kenyon died 19 April 1894 at her home in Albion, Wisconsin.

The Sabath Recorder Vol 50 No. 17, p 272, 1894:

At her home in Albion, Wisconsin, April 19, 1894 Mrs. Adelia C. Kenyon. Sister Kenyon was the daughter of Joseph and Mary West, she was born at Grafton, NY, Jan. 1814. In early life moved with her parents to Verona. She received her education in DeRuyter. Was for several years a member of Edd. Alexander Campbell’s family. During this time she was converted and united with the Pawcatuk Church.

She moved with her family to Wisconsin, probably in the year 1850. On October 9, 1859, she and her husband were received into membership with the Albion Church. Sister Kenyon has been a widow since 1859. Her interest in the church and its work was continuous to the last. She died at her home, April 9, 1894. A quiet burial was had from the home, April11, with no sermon, by request of the departed.

The Mayflower Society publications – Mayflower Families Through Five Generations pretty much stops at the fifth generation for George Soule. There are members of Soule Kindred working on additions to the ‘Fifth Generation’ and have three volumes in the ‘Sixth Generation working project’ however they haven’t worked their way to the children of Benjamin West and Elizabeth Smith yet.

Based on the research I have done using many different resources including “They came to Milton” on Rootsweb by Jon Saunders who has transcribed the records of the Seventh Day Baptist Church , I will continue the generations.

Joseph West – born 26 June 1790, 1793 or 1794 (depending which resource you use) in Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York. Joseph died 11 March 1832 in Verona, Oneida County, New York. The grave marker is inscribed 41 yr 8 mo 15 d. so I need to work on the dates to find the correct birth and death.

Joseph West married Mary Ann Brock ca. 1812 in Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York. Mary Ann Brock was born 21 April 1789 in Verona, Oneida County, New York and she died 20 Feb 1865 in Verona, Oneida County, New York.

Another reference to Joseph West is made by his son Joseph West in a family sketches project shown below:

Oneida County, New York Biographies
Wager, Daniel. Our County and Its People, Part III: Family Sketches.
Boston: The Boston History Company, 1896.
Family Sketches page 141

WEST, JOSEPH, was born on this homestead, October 19, 1817. He was educated in the district schools, and was afterward engaged in farming. January 1, 1843, he married Mary Ann Jackson, of this town. Mr. West’s father, Joseph West, was born in Grafton, Rensselaer County, N.Y., June 26, 1790, and came to this county when a young man. He returned to his native county after a period of about three years, and November 12, 1811, married Mary Brock, of his native place, by whom he had nine children: Adelia C., Emily, Joseph, as above, Julia, Benjamin, Arminta, Francis, Olive, and Elizabeth. He died March 11, 1832, and his wife February 20, 1865. Mrs. West’s father, Alanson Jackson, was born in Connecticut about 1792. He married Marilla Warner and came to the town of Verona in 1818. They had four children: Noble, Amos, Mary Ann and Julia. He died in 1838 and his wife in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. West are members of the Seven Day Baptist church, of which he has been deacon for thirty years. The ancestry of the family is New England stock, of Welsh, Scotch and Irish origin. (p. 141-142)